Connecting means for two-part automobile doors



Patented Nov. 10, 1925.

MATTHEW It. IiIULnor GONNEasv- 11.115,y INDIANA, yAssIeNonl ro anx MANIIIACTIIB;

ING COMPANY, or coNNERsvVILLE, INDIANA, A conr'oRAj'rIoN OFINDIANK. I

` coNNEoTING MEANS Fon rrworarer AUToMeBI-Lnnoos;

Application med March 29',` 192:4. serialY Namaste:

To all whom if may concern.-

Be it known that: I, MATTI-inw R. a citizen of the United States, residing at Connersville, in the'county of Fayette and State'of Indiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in `Sonnect-ing Means for ',lwo-Partl Automobile Doors,of which the following isa specification.

My said invention relatesY to an improvef ment in connecting mea-ns for two-'part doorsv of automobiles or other vehicles and it is an object of the invention tol provide simple and effective means for biasing the upper demountable section so as to bear; firmly'but yieldingly against the bodyy of the carparticularly-Vat the upperr and closing sides of the door;

Referring to the accompanying drawings, which are made a part hereof, and on which similar referenceV characters indicate .similar parts` Figure l is an elevation of the inner side of a door with my improvements applied thereto;

'Figure 2, an end view of the connector detached from the door viewed from the right, and 1 Figure 8 a section on line 3 9, of Figure 1.

In the drawings reference character- 1() indicates the outer panel'of an upper demountable door section which has a sight opening as usual to provide a space for glass or other transparent material here shown as comprising two panes 11 and 12. The panel 10 is supported by a wooden frame 13 comprising upper and lower and side members surrounding the panes of glass. A sheet metal reenforcement 14 covers ythe frame members 13 more or less completely on three sides and preferably extends completely around the opening of the door, said reenforcement lying .dat against the door at the top land bottom and being fiuted at the sides to provide narrow vertical chambers beyond the side members of the frame in which chambers the ends 1.5 of the door connector 16 are removably positioned.

A securing member 17 is located between the panel l0 and the reenforcing member 14, this securing member being fastened to the demountable door section by rivets .18 which also pass through securing member 19 on the inner side of the door. The securing member 17 is bent so as to lie insideA the permanent door section at its lower end HULL,

'where it is Iyorovided.` alsloti- .registering with? a lhole inthe member 1.9.4 boltf20;

is inserted through saidfopeningsitandthe permanent door section'and asc'rewfQ'L' may-,f

if desired, be located ina li'ol'exin-v the meme lOer 19V for Inore rigidly fasteningthe' parts together( y. The horizontal body-ofrthe connector 16 extends along the p lowefrV v edge of the* der mountable sectionA andjnear, the; closing sideof the door haspivotal-ly'attached thereto apost 122 adapted to be Apos'iti'onedf,"in-zafholeVr in the upper fedge-of theperinanentfdoor section. K

It willV be clear fromconsideration of throw the upper sideofthe doo'rinwardsto .the connector will be twisted by bringing the ends into the same vertical plane, vthe strain falling on the relatively long body part of the connector and being distributed thereover. The 'upper demountable section of the door can very readily be removed when desired by withdrawing screws 20 and 21 after which vthe entire upper door section may be taken o the permanent section.

It will be 'obvious to those skilled in the art that certain changes may be made in the device without departing from the spirit of the invention and therefore I do not limit myself to what is shown in the drawings and described in the specification but only as indicatedin the appended claims.

Having thus fully described my said inventionwhat I claim is: Y l. In a demountable door, a permanent lower section, a demountable upper section having sockets adjacent opposite sides, a con-y nector having a resilient body with ends adapted to fit in said sockets said ends nor- 3 mally lying in diverging planes intersecting l in said body and means for securing 'the V7o FigureVV 2Q that the lconnectorAv isl biased-tof upper section to the lower section whereby the upper end of the upper section is biased toward closing position, substantially as set forth. .l

2'." In ademountable door for vehicles, a permanent lower section, a demountable upper section, a connectory having a resilient body with upwardly bent ends normally lying in diverging planes intersecting in said body said arms being adapted to be secured to the demountable door section in parallelrelation to each other, means for attaching the demountable door rigidly to the permanent door at the hinged side, and means for securing said parts together loosely at the closing side, substantially as set forth.

3. In a demountable door vfor vehicles, a permanent lower section,l a demountable upper section, a sheet metal reenforcing member at the inner side of the door providing parallel sockets at its lower end, a resilient connector having upturned ends fitting in said sockets said ends normally lying in divergent planes whereby the upperV door section is biased toward'closing position at its upper and closing sides, and means for securing the said demountable section to the permanent section, substantially as set forth.

4. In a demountable door for vehicles, a

permanent lower section, a demountable upper section having sockets, a resilient con-V tially I as set forth.

5. In a demountable door, a permanent lower section, a demountable upper section having sockets adjacent opposite sides, a connector having a resilient body with ends adapted to t in said sockets said endsv normally lying in diverging planes intersecting Vin said bodyand means for securing the upper section to the lower section whereby the free or closing side of the upper section is biased toward closing position, substan tially as set forth. y

In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal at Connersville, Indiana, this 25th day of March, A. D. nineteen hundred and twenty-four. Y

MATTHEW R. HULL. [n s] 

